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We need action on student rent, not vague comments from the Tories
After asking the Universities Minister about the possibility for student rent caps, BERNADETTE HORTON writes about the absurd cost of living
Protesters march through central London in protest over the high cost of education

FOR THOSE of us old enough to remember the classic TV shows Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister — where the civil servants ruled on exactly what the ministers said, did, thought and wore in public — I can now add my own modern-day version which, in my opinion, would make an ideal political comedy.

I am set to go to university in September, aged 51. A lifetime of bringing up kids, caring and housework is now about to be set aside for a short while to concentrate on my writing.

Indeed this marvellous newspaper has given this female working-class aspiring writer a platform to get into university. So thank you to the Morning Star.  

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